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@cjane87 I think I'd challenge your premise a bit? The case for killing the filibuster is that it is simply bad, on the merits, to have a de facto supermajority requirement for ordinary legislation AND that it obscures the lines of accountability such that it incentivizes bad behavior. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 21, 2020 Hibernated

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The House was arguably meant to be the dominant chamber in what was supposed to be the dominant institution in the constitutional arrangement, and its formal powers remain pretty strong, but too many Democrats seem to conceive of the House as some kind of junior partner. — PolitiTweet.org

There’s one legitimate plus (and maybe only one) of the Trump Era: it’s exposed our legislative body as completely… https://t.co/S6yOVU5CNS

Posted May 21, 2020 Hibernated

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@cjane87 Killing the legislative filibuster would absolutely give Republicans the ability to deliver on goals they say they have, but as we saw in the House under Paul Ryan, the power to do the thing doesn't necessarily mean the thing will be done. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 21, 2020 Hibernated